Oooh. I’ve heard about Asylum before – mentioned on the Spaced DVD, it’s the first time Pegg/Wright/Stevenson all worked together, and one of the characters was part of the inspiration for Brian – but I didn’t know that the brilliant David Devant and his Spirit Wife were the resident “house band”, nor that the proprietor of the titular asylum was none other than… Norman Lovett. Anyway, in the absence of any sort of DVD release, some kind soul has stuck the whole thing online. Haven’t actually had a chance to see if it’s any good yet, but it certainly seems worth a gander…

14 Responses to “My name is Dr. Lovett… and this is my Asylum”

My god this is actually quite good! Going off the first episode anyway. With the Norman opening I was expecting it to be a whole lot worse (is it even possible to take him seriously as being ‘sinister’?). It’s like the premise for a crappy gameshow or something. But as it goes on it’s pretty entertaining, funny, disturbing in places and well written. I particularly liked the grandma/grandad bit and the standup.

Is it wrong that I want to have sex with Jessica Stevenson as the nurse?